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August 23, 2015

out of the cradle
she sits and stares at the screen
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“Mamá, Mamá!” she says while shaking my bed.

“Yes,” I answer groggily. “Is everything ok?”

“Look at the sunrise! It’s beautiful!”

The sky is always a canvas. But some days: You can even see the brush strokes.

Lovely day for a lovely day

#chicagonorthshore #northshorechicago

Geese are pretty ubiquitous here. For many ganders, we’re just a pitstop en route to warmer places, but some live in the Chicago area seemingly year-round (at least during our milder winters). We occasionally head to their favorite local pond a

It’s time for my annual “Autumn core” photos from Lake Michigan.

#evanston #evanstonillinois #chicagonorthshore #northshorechicago

Beautiful collapse

I have a couple pieces of writing and photography in the latest issue of 10th Ward Lit, the literary journal for @evanstonpubliclibrary.

URL below but there’s an easy-to-click link in my stories. Check it out if you’re so-inclined &mdas

Let me squash the rumors now: We had a gourd time yesterday and are really pumped(-kin) to carve the biggest one we found (he isn’t pictured here, but we’re calling him Gourdimer).

Getting some serious attitude from ingredients while baking a German chocolate cake

Aurora Borealis is appearing in northern Illinois more and more often these days, but this peak is only expected to last through the winter before it wanes. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet and aren’t even sure where to begin, ch

Two nights in a row, in a latitude so far south, it feels impossible. And yet here they are again: somehow brighter and more beautiful than the night before — and perhaps even more so than when I first saw them here in May.

When I saw them th

One day I hope to see #auroraborealis without needing the aid of a camera to fully appreciate the colors. But until then: I will seek out and gobble up all of the beautiful nuggets the universe sends my way.

(Kp - 5.33)

#evanston #evanstonillinois

Time flies once you become a parent. Before you know it, 8 years have passed since the last time you saw your actor husband on stage, in person. And you realize: Not only is your “baby” now halfway to a driver’s license, but this pe

About that sky…

This moment in time made me realize that even a trash can is capable of great beauty.

And then it hit me: Keeping the world beautiful is kinda its job.

“Mamá, Mamá!” she says while shaking my bed.

“Yes,” I answer groggily. “Is everything ok?”

“Look at the sunrise! It’s beautiful!”

The sky is always a canvas. But some days: You can even see the brush strokes.

Lovely day for a lovely day

#chicagonorthshore #northshorechicago

Geese are pretty ubiquitous here. For many ganders, we’re just a pitstop en route to warmer places, but some live in the Chicago area seemingly year-round (at least during our milder winters). We occasionally head to their favorite local pond a

It’s time for my annual “Autumn core” photos from Lake Michigan.

#evanston #evanstonillinois #chicagonorthshore #northshorechicago

Beautiful collapse

I have a couple pieces of writing and photography in the latest issue of 10th Ward Lit, the literary journal for @evanstonpubliclibrary.

URL below but there’s an easy-to-click link in my stories. Check it out if you’re so-inclined &mdas

Let me squash the rumors now: We had a gourd time yesterday and are really pumped(-kin) to carve the biggest one we found (he isn’t pictured here, but we’re calling him Gourdimer).

Getting some serious attitude from ingredients while baking a German chocolate cake

Aurora Borealis is appearing in northern Illinois more and more often these days, but this peak is only expected to last through the winter before it wanes. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet and aren’t even sure where to begin, ch

Two nights in a row, in a latitude so far south, it feels impossible. And yet here they are again: somehow brighter and more beautiful than the night before — and perhaps even more so than when I first saw them here in May.

When I saw them th

One day I hope to see #auroraborealis without needing the aid of a camera to fully appreciate the colors. But until then: I will seek out and gobble up all of the beautiful nuggets the universe sends my way.

(Kp - 5.33)

#evanston #evanstonillinois

Time flies once you become a parent. Before you know it, 8 years have passed since the last time you saw your actor husband on stage, in person. And you realize: Not only is your “baby” now halfway to a driver’s license, but this pe

About that sky…

This moment in time made me realize that even a trash can is capable of great beauty.

And then it hit me: Keeping the world beautiful is kinda its job.

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